Surface ocean-lower atmosphere study: Scientific synthesis and contribution to Earth system science

Breviere, Emilie H. G., Bakker, Dorothee C. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9234-5337, Bange, Hermann W., Bates, Timothy S., Bell, Thomas G., Boyd, Philip W., Duce, Robert A., Garcon, Veronique, Johnson, Martin T., Law, Cliff S., Marandino, Christa A., Olsen, Are, Quack, Birgit, Quinn, Patricia K., Sabine, Christopher L. and Saltzman, Eric S. (2015) Surface ocean-lower atmosphere study: Scientific synthesis and contribution to Earth system science. Anthropocene, 12. 54–68.

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Abstract

The domain of the surface ocean and lower atmosphere is a complex, highly dynamic component of the Earth system. Better understanding of the physics and biogeochemistry of the air-sea interface and the processes that control the exchange of mass and energy across that boundary define the scope of the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) project. The scientific questions driving SOLAS research, as laid out in the SOLAS Science Plan and Implementation Strategy for the period 2004-2014, are highly challenging, inherently multidisciplinary and broad. During that decade, SOLAS has significantly advanced our knowledge. Discoveries related to the physics of exchange, global trace gas budgets and atmospheric chemistry, the CLAW hypothesis (named after its authors, Charlson, Lovelock, Andreae and Warren), and the influence of nutrients and ocean productivity on important biogeochemical cycles, have substantially changed our views of how the Earth system works and revealed knowledge gaps in our understanding. As such SOLAS has been instrumental in contributing to the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) mission of identification and assessment of risks posed to society and ecosystems by major changes in the Earth́s biological, chemical and physical cycles and processes during the Anthropocene epoch. SOLAS is a bottom-up organization, whose scientific priorities evolve in response to scientific developments and community needs, which has led to the launch of a new 10-year phase. SOLAS (2015–2025) will focus on five core science themes that will provide a scientific basis for understanding and projecting future environmental change and for developing tools to inform societal decision-making.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	CC-BY-NC-ND Licence
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ocean,atmosphere,processes, biogeochemistry,flux,climate,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climate, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2016 17:00
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 10:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57192
DOI:	10.1016/j.ancene.2015.11.001

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